Best Elementary Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 5862)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
061389014548	2111	Innovations Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	10886 Gadsten Way	Rancho Cordova	95670	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 294-2445	144	9	15.6	49.3%	49 (34.0%)	16 (11.1%)	43 (29.9%)	16 (11.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (13.2%)								58.8	67.5	1694	417
060797007668	2112	Herndon-Barstow Elementary	Public	K-6	6265 North Grantland Ave.	Fresno	93723	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5250	725	28	26.1	66.3%	74 (10.2%)	34 (4.7%)	340 (46.9%)	254 (35.0%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.3%)	$5,360							58.8	54.3	2313	201
060807000780	2113	San Marino Elementary	Public	K-6	6215 San Rolando Way	Buena Park	90620	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 228-3280	472	20	23.6	74.4%	51 (10.8%)	14 (3.0%)	281 (59.5%)	96 (20.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.4%)	$8,675							58.7	56.5	2209	96
060903012267	2114	Clovis Online Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1655 David E Cook Way	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 327-4400	667	23	29.1	40.8%	215 (32.2%)	19 (2.8%)	324 (48.6%)	55 (8.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (6.9%)	$6,763							58.7	58.5	2113	1
063384005277	2115	Pony Express Elementary	Public	K-6	1250 56th Ave.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4690	370	14	27.2	62.4%	26 (7.0%)	32 (8.6%)	154 (41.6%)	109 (29.5%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (3.0%)	35 (9.5%)	$7,700							58.7	60.4	2042	73
062169013919	2116	John McCandless Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	915 Rose Marie Ln.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 888-0160	448	22	20.6	53.3%	81 (18.1%)	18 (4.0%)	234 (52.2%)	51 (11.4%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.8%)	54 (12.1%)								58.6	70.3	1564	552
063682011743	2117	Tiefort View Intermediate	Public	3-5	8700 Anzio St.	Fort Irwin	92310	San Bernardino County	Silver Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 386-3123	383	16	23.9	40.7%	142 (37.1%)	39 (10.2%)	146 (38.1%)	9 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.4%)	32 (8.4%)	$3,164							58.6	53.7	2360	243
060411000372	2118	Edgewood Academy	Public	K-8	14135 East Fairgrove Ave.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-7800	470	22	21.1	86.4%	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	415 (88.3%)	49 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,519							58.6	53.6	2362	244
060141406015	2119	Adams Elementary	Public	K-6	2701 Las Positas Rd.	Santa Barbara	93105	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 563-2515	491	29	16.9	69.9%	87 (17.7%)	2 (0.4%)	371 (75.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.9%)	$10,594							58.5	65.8	1767	352
061470010222	2120	Discovery Elementary	Public	K-6	7500 Vaquero Ave.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Fruitvale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 589-7336	722	36	20.1	66.1%	265 (36.7%)	14 (1.9%)	362 (50.1%)	42 (5.8%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.6%)	$6,639							58.5	66.8	1719	401

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.